This year’s Emmys were a defiant celebration of the LGBTQ+ community
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Janet Mock reveals truth behind Blanca’s joyous Whitney Houston lip-sync in Pose
"This is our country as well. We deserve to take up space. This is ours."
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- Christobel Hastings
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Life
The inventor of the gender reveal party has this message for followers of the popular trend
“Who cares what gender the baby is?”
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- Lauren Geall
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Life
Tinder’s new safety feature highlights the vital need to protect LGBTQ+ travellers abroad
"It is unthinkable that, in 2019, there are still countries with legislation in place that deprives people of this basic right".
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- Christobel Hastings
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“With acceptance for LGBTQ+ people falling, sharing our stories is more vital than ever”
Public acceptance has plateaued for the first time in 30 years, but it doesn't have to stay that way.
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- Christobel Hastings
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Candy Ferocity’s fate on Pose reminds us that trans women of colour are in deadly danger every day
Candy Ferocity may be gone, but she certainly won't be forgotten.
Opinion
“The time for debate is over. Now, we all need to act on transgender hate crimes”
“The 81% rise in transgender hate crimes is a wake-up call that very boring, ordinary people are being hurt, abused, harassed and killed,” says Juno Dawson.
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- Juno Dawson
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People
Thanks to Netflix’s Janet Mock, trans representation is about to get so much better
The writer-director is telling stories on her own terms.
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- Christobel Hastings
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People
Why Munroe Bergdorf has accused the NSPCC of “bowing down” to transphobia
The activist says the charity has failed to stand up for the trans community.
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- Sarah Shaffi
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People
I wanted to be a boy, says Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge
As a child, the actor and writer dressed up as a boy and asked to be called Alex
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- Anna Brech
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People
Pose’s Indya Moore just spoke about being trafficked as a child
The actor was just 16 at the time.
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- Sarah Shaffi
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Everything you need to know about being a good LGTBQIA+ ally
For LGBT History Month 2019, Crystal Rasmussen writes on the true power of being an ally
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My feminist icon: Sofie Hagen reveals why Travis Alabanza inspires her the most
“If I had known someone like them when I was a teenager, everything would have looked different”
People
Halsey isn't here for those Victoria's Secret transphobic comments
The singer performed in their annual fashion show, but she has since spoken out about the brand's treatment of trans people.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Opinion
“Why the casting of TV's first transgender superhero is so important”
The casting of Nicole Maines in Supergirl is something we should all be celebrating
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- Juno Dawson
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People
Scarlett Johansson quits controversial movie role following LGBT backlash
The actress has also apologised for her “insensitive” comments
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Munroe Bergdorf: Call yourself an LGBT ally? Here’s what you’re missing
"People think that because they don’t experience discrimination, it must not be happening. But ignorance is bliss."
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- Munroe Bergdorf
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Long Reads
Stella Duffy: Pride shouldn't forget those who risked their lives to make it happen
"We are nowhere near as diverse, as inclusive as we ought to be"
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- Stella Duffy
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Beauty
Meet the beauty brand changing the lives of trans people through make-up
The power of make-up
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- Elizabeth Bennett
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“Why Topshop’s gender-neutral changing rooms benefit us all”
"Clothes have no gender beyond what we, as a society, have assigned to them."
Transgender candidate ousts notoriously anti-LGBTQ politician
Democrat Danica Roem beat Republican Bob Marshall, who refused to refer to her using the correct pronouns
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- Amy Swales
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